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An Epiphany Church tradition
O
ur 4th Friday get-together
will be on hiatus until
January. See you then.
Compost your leaves at one of
Denver Recycles’ LeafDrop
sites. WEEKDAY (Monday - Friday)
drop sites open October 1st and will
stay open through November 30th.
WEEKEND (Saturday & Sunday) drop
sites will open starting November
1st for three weekends of November.
By participating in the LeafDrop
program you can make less trash,
keep our streets clean and help to
make compost for Denver Recycles’
Annual Mulch Giveaway & Compost
Sale in May. http://www.denvergov.
org/LeafDrop/tabid/...
Annual Food Drive — November 2014
Social Ministry Committee
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be
And bless these gifts
Bestowed by Thee.
With Thanksgiving around the corner, we will begin our annual food drive on
Sunday, November 2nd and continue three additional Sundays through November
23rd. This year, all of your gifts will go to FISH, our local food bank, with a goal of
preparing Thanksgiving baskets with sides to accompany donated turkeys. Our FISH
food bank is unique in the city with our partners across the park, the Washington
Park United Church of Christ, for we are the only home delivery food bank in the
Denver area. As such FISH fills a unique need in that it serves those who are so
vulnerable and in need that they cannot visit any number of food banks in Denver.
We welcome your gifts of canned goods and other
non-perishables (such as, peanut butter, canned chicken &
tuna, canned fruit, soup, ravioli, chili, vegetables, beans, and
macaroni and cheese), which may be placed at the foot of
the altar either prior to service or during the offering.
Thanks in advance for your generous support.
Thanksgiving Eve
Who is the Coordinator for the
Various Upcoming Activities?
Caring for the Congregation –
Leo Bruederle
CROP Walk – Rachel Lund
Fall Clean UP – Martha Fenger
Fourth Friday Coordinator –
Mary Knowles
November Food Drive –
Social Ministry Committee
Colfax Cmty Network Gift Collection –
Sarah Gall
Cookie Walk – Cate Vanegas
Growth Committee – Charlie Busch
Investment Committee –
Ron Rinkle, Nicholas Cheong,
Miguel Vanegas, Alice Ireland
Sunday School Lead – Rusty Morris
Worship & Pot Luck Pie Fest
November 26th,
6:30 Thanksgiving Worship &
7:15 Potluck Pie Fest
Bring your favorite pie to share and enjoy a smorgasbord
of pies. This is a good time to talk with other Epiphany
members you might not have seen on Sunday.
Congregational Meeting
December 7th.
Plan to attend and vote for council members.
MANIFEST
NOVEMBER 2014
A Message From Pastor Travis Johnson-Esparza
Appoggiatura
Reservation Deadline: Jan. 6, 2015
Performance Date: Jan. 27, 2015
Ticket Price: $35,
Ricketson Theatre;
By James Still
Appoggiatura follow three closely
related Americans, each nursing a
hunger and a hard-to-heal wound, as
they travel to the romantic city of
Venice seeking solace. As time bends
and magic beckons around every
corner, this favorite of the Colorado
New Play Summit weaves a quirky
and Lyrical narrative exploring love,
loss and the human soul.
Make your reservations as early
as possible, as seating is limited.
Make your checks payable to “Rocky
Mountain Synod.” Please note at the
bottom of your check, “T&T: (name
of play)”. (Once you have requested
a reservation, you are obligated to
pay for the ticket, even if you are
unable to attend the play.) Leave
your check with the church secretary, Diane Calkins, and your tickets
will be ordered and ready for pick-up
AT THE THEATRE, performance
night.
Dear Epiphany,
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Thank you from the bottom
of my heart! I was so deeply
touched by your thoughtful
expressions of gratitude,
particularly on my last Sunday.
As I reflect on that morning
and the past few years we
have been in community, I give
thanks to God for the grace,
the love, and the communion
we have experienced together.
I hold you in my thoughts and
prayers.
In Christ,
Pastor Sarah Anderson
On the third day he rose again…”
- Apostles’ Creed
Do you ever wonder about those three days? Of Jesus’ experience of this
period, all four gospels are silent. Our mothers and fathers in the faith who sculpted the
Apostles’ Creed some 300 years later declared that during those days Jesus “descended
into hell” (or “descended to the dead”) and “ascended into heaven”. Such an description
often invites more questions than answers, but they do offer some insight for how we
experience the transition from death to resurrection in the here and now. Apparently, it
wasn’t a peaceful transition, even for Jesus the Christ. It was instead a period characterized
first by darkness and descent, a hellish movement downward into the formless void of a
disorganized world absent from the presence of God. Then what followed was a glorious
lifting up into a heavenly state of creative and new wholeness. I have to say, my experiences
of transitioning between what feels like death and resurrection have often felt like a great
and wild turbulence, until a moment when, quite unexpectedly, God’s Holy Spirit bubbles
up in my soul to offer me new insight, new direction, and a way to move forward. It’s usually
only afterward that I’m able to see that entering into the darkness of the void was the
only way for me to recognize the light of God’s providence and creativity.
Consider a death and resurrection in your life; a period during which you found yourself
thrown into chaos and darkness, only to somehow be miraculously restored to wholeness
by God’s grace. That’s what three days feels like. The three days literally bridge the distance
between the two lines of the Apostles’ Creed, “he descended into hell,” and “he ascended
into heaven.” The three days are an interim period. They are holy days. They are beautiful
and wondrous and prayerful days. They are days when new life is incubating within us. I
love the interim time, and as we enter these three days together, I hope you will come to
love them too.
I have much more to say on the matter, but let me leave it at this: The bible is replete with
stories of God’s people in their own figurative “three days.” We are sharing their story now.
The same God who led the Israelites through the wilderness of Sinai, the same God who led
Abraham and Isaac up the mountain, the same God who saved Noah and his family from
the flood, the same God who shepherded her children through the Egyptians and
the Assyrians and the Babylonians and the Persians and the Romans; the same God who
spent three days in transition buried in a tomb; that same God will lead us in transition now.
For next time: If you have wondered what we are supposed to do together in this
time, let me start by drawing your attention to another thought: How are we to be
together in this time? Being and doing go together. Though we cannot control when
and how we are thrown into the wilderness, and we may not always know what to do
about it, we can behave in ways that make the wilderness a holy place. Does not even
chaos belong to God?
Your friend, your brother, your pastor, in Christ,
Pr. Travis
Preparing for a new pastor search…..
We are happy to welcome Pastor Travis Johnson-Esparza, and his family, as he
joins Epiphany as our interim pastor. Pastor Travis comes to us with a BA in
Psychology, MS in Psychology, and Master of Divinity. He served at St. Luke
Lutheran Church in Albuquerque both as an intern and Associate Pastor.
Through the North American Lutheran Interim Pastor Training (NALIP), Pastor
Travis has completed the first two phases of training and will complete phase
three during the first week of November.
Our first order of business is to establish a Transition Team to lead a self-study.
The role of this team will be to reflect on who Epiphany as a congregation has been,
who we are now and listen for where God is calling us. Other questions for this
team to lead us in finding answers will focus on:
• What our neighborhood is like?
• What are our current assets, gifts and abilities?
• Where are our blind spots?
Gathering this information will help us listen to God as we work on answering
the following questions:
• How do we participate in God’s kingdom in this place?
• How do we use our assets, gifts and abilities to make new possibilities?
• Who is God calling us to be?
We expect to identify the Transition Team (5-7 members) this fall and work out an
action plan for steps to be taken, along with deadlines. Because we are headed
into our busy holiday season, we are expecting the major work of the Transition
Team to start in January. If you are interested in serving on this Transition Team,
please notify me in person, by phone (303-744-2946) or by email (jodysmith14
@yahoo.com).
After the work of the Transition Team is completed next year, the report will be
given to the Rocky Mountain Synod, our partner in this transition, who will help
with screening available pastoral candidates who seem to meet our needs. An internal Call Committee will proceed with interviewing candidates until they feel confident of making a recommendation to us as a congregation. If you are interested
in serving on the Call Committee (5-7 members), please let me know.
We will develop more than one way to keep you apprised of the progress of this
transition throughout the next few months. In the meantime, we plan to continue
the work we already do in a variety of ways to grow spiritually, support congregational members and contribute to our local community. Blessings!
Community Shopping Benefit
2626 E. 3rd Ave
December 3, 2014 from 5pm-7pm
When you shop at Ten Thousand Villages on December 3, 15% of your purchase
will be donated to Urban Servant Corps! This is a great way to support the powerful
mission of Urban Servant Corps and check off your holiday shopping all in one
stop! Ten Thousand Villages is a fair-trade shop for unique, hand-made gifts
from around the world including fair-trade baskets, jewelry, crafts and other
items from international artisans.
Called to be
a Public Church
This year, elections will take place
at the local and state levels. How are
we called to be a public church in
this important time?
As a public church called to witness
to God’s love for all God has created,
the ELCA affirms the importance of
participation in society by all people,
including people of faith. Voting is
one of the most important ways
Americans can be involved in our
representative democracy.
Scripture reveals God’s presence in
all realms of life, including political
life. This church understands government as a means through which God
can work to build a more peaceful
and just social order in a sinful world.
The electoral process is one way in
which we live out our affirmation of
baptism to “serve all people, following
the example of our Lord Jesus,” and
“to strive for justice and peace in all
the earth.”
Want to learn more about
Advocacy and the ELCA?
Visit www.ELCA.org/advocacy to
join the ELCA Advocacy Network!
Church Council
vacancies to be
filled….
Two members of our current Council
team are unable to continue in 2015.
We need help and ask you to prayerfully consider this need. If you are
interested and have questions, please
contact Jody Smith or any other
Council member. These positions
need to be filled by the end of
November.
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 We received a $117,000 grant from
2014 Denver Bacon and
Beer Festival
November 16, 2014.
Presented by:
Eat Boston and Denver Off
The Wagon
The Denver Bacon and Beer
Festival is coming back for Year
3! On Sunday, November 16th
from 2:30pm to 5:00pm at The
Curtis, @eatboston and Denver
Off The Wagon will once again
bring together area restaurants
and breweries to offer creative
bacon-based dishes and fine
brews. Proceeds from
#DenverBaconAndBeer will benefit
Metro CareRing and Project Angel Heart.
The Details
What: Bacon and Beer Festival 2014
When: Sunday, Nov. 16,
2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Where: The Curtis
Address: 1405 Curtis St.,
Denver, CO 80202
Cost: $46.50
Why: Portion of sales donated to
Metro CareRing.
Contact:
www.MetroCareRing.org or
303-860-7200 for ticket info.
Did You Know?
• There are 89 health clinics in Colorado
who help under-served populations
with health care needs. ICHC joined the
other clinics across the state for the 5th
Annual Safety Net Clinic Week in August
to spread awareness for why these
clinics are essential in our current-day
health care system. During this week,
tours were given to elected officials,
candidates for office, and other Colorado
leaders to give them an opportunity to
learn about the 332,000 Coloradans
annually who seek medical help at safety
net clinics. The Colorado Health Institute
offers an interactive map listing all of
Colorado's safety net clinics: http://
www.coloradohealthinstitute.org/keyissues/detail/safety-net-1/
coloradoshealth-care-safety-net
the Caring for Colorado Foundation,
part of which funds the purchase of a
much-needed digital X-ray system
for our dental department. Dr. Marilyn Ketchum, dental director at ICHC,
said this will allow ICHC to include
patient's X-rays into one digital chart,
rather than continuing to keep separate paper charts as well as digital, and
will greatly simplify the billing process
so we can better-help Medicaid patients. She said some of the money will
also go to refurbish the current dental
stations.
 We launched our Electronic Health
Record system on August 26th. ICHC
has been working on this immensely
large behind-the-scenes project for
two years. Sean Schowdoski, ICHC's
IT manager, said the project included
a complete overhaul to ICHC's IT system through the implementation of
a new server, greater storage and
firewalls, and the replacement of all
of ICHC's computers. This update
allows ICHC to ensure our patient's
receive the top quality of care.
 If you would like to volunteer, we
could use your help! Do you have
talents in administrative work,
maintenance, or the health field?
Would you be willing to represent
ICHC at city events? Do you have
other ideas for using your particular
gifts? Contact us at 720-833-5093.
Bethany's Operation One Nation
(Veteran and Military Member support team)
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is hosting a Veterans Appreciation Dinner on November
22 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Bethany's Fellowship Hall,
catered by Romano's Italian Restaurant of Littleton.
The dinner will be spaghetti and meatballs, with salad, breadsticks and cookies.
The cost for the meal is "freewill" with the only requirement being that people
make advance reservations to Janet Mortinsen at [email protected]
or (303) 300-3317.
Immediately after dinner at 7 p.m., Country Artist and fellow Lutheran, Michael
Peterson will be performing in Bethany's sanctuary as a fund-raiser for the three Veteran and Military helping agencies Operation One Nation supports -- Project Sanctuary,
Centus Counseling and This Able Vet. Again, the concert will be a "freewill" offering
event.
For more information concerning the three agencies where dinner and concert
monies will go, you may view the websites of Project Sanctuary, Centus Counseling and
This Able Vet.
Warren Miller, Operation One Nation
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave, Cherry Hills Village, CO
(303) 794-9568
NOVEMBER 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
3
4
11– Fellowship &
Adult Forum with David
Janvis—Rainbow Trail
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
11– Fellowship &
Adult Forum with Lutheran
Family Services
16
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
11
10
18
17
9-11 - Get Moving
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
7- Depression Glass
12 - Noon Bridge
6 - Harmony
12
13
6:30 - Council Meeting
11– Fellowship
7– Master Gardeners
First Sunday in Advent
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
11– Fellowship
Remember to
Fall Back
November 2nd.
It’s the end of
Daylight
Savings Time!
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15
20
19
6 - Happy Hour
Chamber Concert
All Welcome
21
22
9-11- Get Moving
6:30 - Worship
7-Harmony Board
27
6:30 - Worship
7- Pie Fest Fellowship
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
6 - Semplice
Ensemble Chamber
Concert
29
28
Office Closed
Happy
Thanksgiving
NOVEMBER WORSHIP VOLUNTEERS
30
ct) Bill West;
dr) Ellen Tieberg
12 ct) Susan Hahn;
dr) Matt Molberg
19 ct/dr) Jerry LaChance
26 ct) Erin Cox
dr) Jerry Arnett
6:30 - Worship
9-11- Get Moving
6 - Harmony
FISH:
9-11- Get Moving
26
25
24
8
6:30 - Worship
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
6 - Harmony
7
9-11- Get Moving
9-11 - Get Moving
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
5
Veterans’ Day
9 - Choir
10 - Worship
Susan Hahn coordinates
6
7– 9 Musicians of
St. Clare
6 - Harmony
11 - Fellowship
23
5
9-11 - Get Moving
10:45 - 11:30 - Sunday School
9
Election Day
Please arrange for a substitute if you are unable to serve on your assigned day and then notify the office. THANKS!
ASSISTING MINISTER:
WORSHIP PREPARATION:
SUNDAY SCHOOL STAFF;
2
9
16
23
26
30
2 yk: Stacey Appelt; Ellen Tieberg
9 yk: Stacey Appelt; Aidan Schlue
ok: Joe Schlue
16 yk: Kristin Stork; Charlie
ok: Joe Schlue
23 yk: Soren Gall; Sarah G
ok: Rusty Morris
office coordinates
Betty Arnett coordinates
ACOLYTE:
USHERS/GREETERS:
2
9
16
23
26
30
Andrea Kidd
Susan Hahn
Russ Pierce
Mo Molberg
TG– Karmen Carter
Wendy Worley
office coordinates
2
9
16
23
30
Oliver Molberg
Aidan Schlue
Adrianna Appelt
Alex Molberg
Joseph Lash
LECTOR:
Wendy Worley coordinates
2
9
16
23
26
30
Rachel Lund
Tom Corona
Kevin Lash
Joe Schlue
TG– Tari Ensign
Matt Gesualdi
Joan McCracken
Nita Jean Molberg
Darlene Runge-House
Judy Molberg
Jerry Arnett
Nita Jean Molberg
Jerry Arnett coordinates
2
9
16
23
26
30
Matt Gesualdi & Tari Ensign
Joe & Aiden Schlue
Sigfried & Stacey Appelt
Susan Hahn & Russ Pierce
Kristin Stork
Matt & Oliver Molberg
BREAD AND WINE:
office coordinates
2
9
16
23
26
30
Ruth Marshall
Russ Pierce
Gayle Rodgers
Randy & Debbie Johnson
TG- Alice Ireland
Cathy Runge-House
Rusty Morris coordinates
COFFEE:
Gayle Rodgers coordinates
2
9
16
23
26
30
Stacey Appelt
Alice Ireland
Mary Knowles
Judy & George Roth
Potluck Pie Fest-Marianne Molberg
Susan Hahn.
COUNTER: Council coordinates
2 Alice Ireland & TBD
9 Rusty Morris & John Pughes
16 Susan Hahn & A McLane
23 Susan Hahn & Jerry Arnett
30 Charlie Busch & Jerry Arnett
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“Keep
Moving”
Senior
Trips
Our friends, “Keep Moving”, who
meet here on Tuesdays and Thursdays, have a number of Senior Rides
planned and are inviting all interested
persons over 60 to join them. Nadyne
Leedom and Marjory Nash lead these
group activities to various venues
meeting at designated spots and then
traveling via chartered RTD Buses.
Keep Moving Senior Rides meets
for bus pick-up at Walgreens, 1235
East Evans Ave.
Thursday, November 6, Isa Morada
Fish Company, Lunch Menu
Sunday, November 16, Anything
Goes, Town Hall Arts Center, $23
Saturday, November 22,
Denver Concert Band,
Loan Tree Arts Center, $13
Tuesday, November 25, Traveling
The Silk Road, Museum of Nature
& Science, $8
Wednesday, December 4,
Hammond’s Candies,
Golden Corral, $7.79
Sunday, December 6, Mountain
Aires Barber Shop Chorus,
Arvada West High School, $8
Wednesday,
December 10,
Charter trip to Georgetown, $35
To register or obtain more
information please
contact
Nadyne Leedom,
303-757-7054; or
Marjory Nash,
303-722-1453.
The Keep Moving Exercise Class
Meets at Epiphany Lutheran
Church, 790 So. Corona St.,
Tuesday & Thursday —
9:00am to 11:30am.
NOVEMBER 2014
Birthdays
11/2 Carol Chapman
11/4 Sarah Born
11/8 Ella Newton
11/8 Wendy Worley
11/9 Ann Lash
11/13 Joe Schlue
11/26 Charity Van Buren
11/29 Joan McCracken
11/30 Gioia Salvatore
11/30 Michael Salvatore IV
Anniversaries
11/26 Randy & Deborah Johnson, 2
11/28 Jody Smith & Ed Calmus, 16
‘LET US COME BEFORE HIM WITH THANKSGIVING’
Psalm 95:2
Thanksgiving is a special time to reflect on all of our blessings.
If you’d like to make the most of your God-given gifts of time, talent and treasure Thrivent Financial can help.
We offer:
• Grassroots opportunities for members to help their churches, nonprofit
organizations and people in need.
• Opportunities for members to help decide where and how to assist others
or just to get together.
• Financial solutions to help families protect what they value, leave a legacy
and amplify their charitable giving.
What better time of year to follow your heart? Find out how we’ve been helping
families be wise with money and live generously for more than 100 years.
Contact:
Dean Fritz, Financial Associate
[email protected]
303-451-7297
ELCA members advocate for action on climate change
Hundreds of ELCA members were among the more than 400,000 participants in the
People's Climate March in New York City on Sept. 21. The Lutheran delegation joined
the People's Climate Interfaith Contingent, one of the largest groups in the march.
- See more at: http://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/Recent-NewsStories#sthash.Pqv8Be5c.dpuf
Epiphany Manifest is the monthly newsletter of Epiphany Lutheran Church, 790 S. Corona St., Denver, CO 80209
► 303-722-5311 ► www.epiphanylutheran.net ► e-mail: [email protected]
►Sunday’s Worship: 10:00 am ►Wednesday’s Worship: 6:30 pm ►Children‘s Sunday School: 10:45-11:30am-September thru May
Office Hours: M Thru Th: 8 to 1:30pm ► F: Closed
► Pastor, Sarah Anderson ► Director of Music, Alfred Born ► Administrative Assistant, Diane Calkins ► Custodian, Diane Morgan